0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much, indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to this
0:00:27 > 0:00:30special children's TV edition of Pointless celebrities.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33This is the show where all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37All our celebrities have to do is come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41APPLAUSE
0:00:43 > 0:00:46And couple number one.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Sarah Greene,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51formerly of Blue Peter, Saturday Superstore
0:00:51 > 0:00:52and Going Live!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I'm John Craven,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57you've got to be over 30 to remember me on children's television.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59LAUGHTER
0:00:59 > 0:01:01John Craven's Newsround,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Multi-Coloured Swap Shop,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- Saturday Superstore, together? Didn't we?- Yes.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Yeah.- And Blue Peter. - And Blue Peter.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- You came to Japan with us. - I did, yeah.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Yay!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Couple number two.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Hi, I'm Richard Holian
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and I played Jonny in the '80s TV series
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Jonny Briggs.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And I am Sue Devaney.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I played Rita Briggs,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Jonny's very bossy sister
0:01:31 > 0:01:33and we were very big in the '80s, weren't we?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Not as big as John and Sarah but we were quite big.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Couple number three.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44We are Dick and Dom. I'm Dick, that's Dom.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46We are best known for being Dick and Dom.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52And, finally, couple number four.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56I am Cerrie Burnell, presenter of CBeebies, and children's author,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00and this is my friend, Ben, who you might not recognise without his hat.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03My name is Ben Faulks, I'm a writer and an actor,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05best known for playing Mr Bloom on CBeebies.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Thank you very much to all of you.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12A very warm welcome, it's lovely to have you here.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14We'll get a chance to chat to you throughout the show
0:02:14 > 0:02:15as it goes along.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I didn't have time to find a new co-host
0:02:20 > 0:02:22so here is one I made earlier,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Hiya.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- APPLAUSE - Hi, everybody.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Good evening.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Good evening to you. What a lovely line-up.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I like the fact that everyone at home will be squealing at different
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- parts of the podiums as they go along.- Yeah.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38The different ages of children's television.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40It should be an absolute cracker.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42The first question today is a lovely one.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Really nice, and nice for everybody, I hope.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46And also in our head-to-head,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50we've got my favourite pointless category title of all time.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53You have to get through to the head-to-head to see what it is,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- so a lot of people aren't going to see it.- I hope I make it!
0:02:56 > 0:02:58That would be nice, wouldn't it? That would be nice.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00It would be helpful. Thank you very much.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02As usual, all of today's questions have been put to 100 people
0:03:02 > 0:03:05before the show. Our contestants here are on the lookout for those
0:03:05 > 0:03:09all-important pointless answers. These are answers that none of our 100 people found.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Find one of those and we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16all of our celebrities are playing for a nominated charity.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Therefore, we are going to start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22There we are.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24APPLAUSE
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Right, if everybody's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Now, there's only one thing you have to remember and it is this, the rule of Pointless.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38The pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:03:38 > 0:03:40will be eliminated.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Our first category this evening is
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Fictional Characters.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Fictional characters. Can you all decide who's going to go first,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52who's going to go second and whoever's going first,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54please step up to the podium.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01OK, and our question concerns...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05..alliterative fictional characters.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Alliterative fictional characters, Richard.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Yes, we're about to show you a board of 16 characters,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12all of whom have two-word names and both of those names start with the
0:04:12 > 0:04:13same letter, alliterative.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Just give us the most obscure answer you can, please.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Thank you very much. As Richard says,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20we will put a board up with 16 characters on it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That will stay up for the whole round,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24we won't be changing that halfway through the round.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Shall we have a look at that image?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Here it comes.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29There we are.
0:04:29 > 0:04:3216 characters, all of whom have alliterative names.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Their first and their second names both begin with the same letter.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39John, welcome back to Pointless.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Well...- Lovely as ever to have you here.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Newsround, I suppose, was such a huge part of the television landscape.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49What was there before Newsround, was there a Newsround?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52There was nothing. Just a little gap in the schedules, I think.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Sort of a crevasse?- Exactly.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58At first, quite a few people thought there was no place for news in
0:04:58 > 0:05:02children's television, so we had to win those people over.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03And...
0:05:03 > 0:05:08What is amazing to me now is that people come up to me in the street,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12people who are middle-aged now and say,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15"Oh, thank you for getting me interested in the news
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- "when I was little." - Absolutely right. It was brilliant.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19It was five minutes long, or something?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Yes, five or six minutes.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Nothing too scary and children actually...
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I remember we used to love watching Newsround.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- It's still there today.- Still there today, same music, pretty much.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Almost the same music. - Almost exactly the same, yeah.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Now, John, what about our board of characters here?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I'm not that good on cartoon characters.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Maybe, is the one
0:05:40 > 0:05:42at the far end, is that Daffy Duck?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Daffy Duck, let's see if it's right,
0:05:45 > 0:05:47let's see how many of our 100 people said Daffy Duck.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51It is right.
0:05:53 > 0:05:5565 for Daffy duck.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Not very good, then.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Yeah, Daffy Duck on the second row there on the right.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Sue, welcome to Pointless.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- Hello there.- It's lovely to have you here.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Now, you left school at 14 to go into acting?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Yes, I did. My first job was with Thora Hird, In Loving Memory.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Yeah?- Then I went into Coronation Street when I was 16.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Exactly, so straight out, it worked?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21So far, so good.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Yeah, I'm still doing! - Acting embraced you.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- I'm still here.- Fantastic.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I gather you and Richard have just met today for the first time.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Oh, my gosh, I can't believe it. I recognised him.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34He walked down the corridor and I recognised those ears.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37He's gorgeous but we haven't seen each other for 30 years.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- It's true, isn't it?- Wow! - It's been a while.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's been a while but we became friends again on Facebook so we're
0:06:43 > 0:06:45thinking of having a Jonny Briggs reunion at some point, yeah.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47How long did Jonny Briggs run for?
0:06:47 > 0:06:52We did two series but they showed it every year for the next 15 years.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Was there only two series?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Yeah.- Like Fawlty Towers.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57- Like Fawlty Towers, yeah. - There we are.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Goodness! Now, Sue, our alliterative characters.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- OK, I've got to concentrate now. - Who would you like to go for?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05So, I'm going for...
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Betty Boop.- Betty Boop?
0:07:09 > 0:07:10- Yeah.- OK, let's see if that's right,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13let's see how many of our 100 people went for Betty Boop.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16It's right.
0:07:16 > 0:07:1865 is our only score at this point.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20You've passed that. 55 for Betty Boop.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Very good.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Yeah, good answer, Sue, very well played.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28The top left there.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Now, the animator who drew Betty Boop originally drew her as a dog.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I think better as a girl, I think.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36- I think.- I think so. You know what?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39She's made up anyway so...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- The point is moot.- She's what?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43She's made up.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Make-up, yes, beautiful, lovely.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Isn't she?- No, no, no, I'm just saying she's not a real lady.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- Dom.- Hello.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Dom, welcome back to Pointless.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Thank you very much. - Great to have you back.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Now, before you and Dick worked together, you were a magician.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00I was. I still am, really.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- And an escapologist? - Yeah, I studied escapology,
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I studied the great Harry Houdini for years but I did do a lot of work
0:08:07 > 0:08:10for The Magic Circle but then I got thrown out of The Magic Circle.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Did you? Right, how?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- Because there was a Saturday morning show that we both did called Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow.- Yeah.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18It was a very naughty show and I was very naughty
0:08:18 > 0:08:20and I showed how to do a trick.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- ALEXANDER GASPS - They didn't like it and I was out.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- What happened, were you summoned into the Circle?- I actually was.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30They actually said, "If you come into The Magic Circle with your producer and apologise,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34"we might consider letting you back in." So I said, "No."
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Do they ever allow people back in?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40They do, yeah. Yeah, you can go back in if you'd like to.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- But you're not fussed?- I'm a little bit out of practice.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45My magic hands don't work as well any more so it's best for the magic
0:08:45 > 0:08:47world that I don't.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49That's gracious, that is gracious.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I shall say that. Now, Dom,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54our alliterative people here.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58I'm going to go for, because it is one of my all-time favourite movies,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I'm going to go for Roger Rabbit.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Roger Rabbit, let's see if that's right,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06let's see how many of our 100 people went for Roger Rabbit.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10It's right. 65 is our high score.
0:09:10 > 0:09:1255 is our low and you've passed both of them. Look at that.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Down to 37, Dom.- OK.- Which is good.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Roger Rabbit.- I did all right.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- A good answer.- Very well played.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Now, Charles Fleischer who provides the voice of Roger Rabbit,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25recorded all of his lines in a rabbit suit
0:09:25 > 0:09:28because he wanted to be immersed into the character.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31He acted alongside Bob Hoskins who thought he was insane.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I think I'm on the Bob side of that.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Really? But you do Danger Mouse dressed in a mouse suit?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38No, those are my clothes!
0:09:38 > 0:09:39That's why they cast you.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Ah...maybe.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45You tend to do all your Danger Mouse stuff with
0:09:45 > 0:09:49one leg caught under a big pin and a piece of cheese just out of reach.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51That's right, that's me.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So...
0:09:55 > 0:09:56LAUGHTER
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Cerrie, welcome to Pointless.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59- Lovely to have you here.- Hello.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05You said earlier you are known to countless millions of children for
0:10:05 > 0:10:08being a host on CBeebies
0:10:08 > 0:10:10but I'd imagine you can't really...
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Anywhere you go where children are,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15you can't really avoid them just flocking around you.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17No, I think it's the same for both of us, actually.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Yeah, once you work for CBeebies, then you are known in every park,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26every coffee shop, anywhere there is children and families, that's...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28But it's quite special.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31I don't know if there's any other area in television where you are
0:10:31 > 0:10:34loved quite so much. You are held in huge affection.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37The audience are very loyal and incredibly generous
0:10:37 > 0:10:38and very supportive
0:10:38 > 0:10:43and it has been a really amazing journey, actually.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I've been doing it over seven years now and it's just...
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Yes, there's a lot of love and I feel incredibly lucky and grateful.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Wonderful. Now, Cerrie.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- OK, back to this. - Back to this, back to Pointless.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58All right. Erm...
0:10:58 > 0:11:02OK, I'm going to go for...
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Fred Flintstone.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Fred Flintstone...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Yeah.- ..says Cerrie. Fred Flintstone.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Let's see how many of our 100 people said Fred Flintstone.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Well, 65 is the high...
0:11:13 > 0:11:14- Oh!- Oh!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- I was about to say high score. - Sorry, Ben.
0:11:16 > 0:11:1881! That could have gone either way.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20It could have. It could have.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Yeah, it is a big score.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Better than 100 but a big score.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28let's take a look at those scores. 37, very well done, Dom.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Dom and Dick, I think you shall be in Round Two.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Then we go up to 55
0:11:33 > 0:11:35where we find Sue and Richard.
0:11:35 > 0:11:3765, where we find John and Sarah.
0:11:37 > 0:11:3981, Cerrie and Ben. Now, Ben...
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Hi.- There's a lot in your hands here, you know what you have to do.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45We must have a low score from you to see you into the next round
0:11:45 > 0:11:47so very good luck with that.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Ben, a very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Now, tell me about Mr Bloom,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02how did that come about and how did you get it made?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05So, it started out as a theatre show that I wrote.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I think I was probably very broody and came up with a show.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Was it Mr Bloom's Nursery at that stage, as well?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15No, it was about a gardener with a lot of baby vegetables
0:12:15 > 0:12:18which I stuck eyes on, wrapped up in napkins
0:12:18 > 0:12:21and took them out to events and got people to help me look after them,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25so then I toured that for a while and then pitched it to CBeebies
0:12:25 > 0:12:28and it became Mr Bloom's Nursery.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31That's fantastic. Do you go to other territories as well?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Yeah, all over.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Iran, Europe.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Big in Iran.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Lots of vegetables there!
0:12:41 > 0:12:43You haven't done foreign versions with vegetables,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46with exotic vegetables, have you?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49No, there is a storyline, I guess, for an international fruit and veg
0:12:49 > 0:12:53exchange programme where you bring them over from other climates
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and they get to live in Manchester.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57The durian fruit, I'm looking forward to that one.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Yeah.- Very good. Now, Ben, you are the high-scorers,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- we need a low score from you.- OK.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07I'm going to go for the one which I wasn't sure if it's correct or not.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10This is exactly the right sort of territory you should be in.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11OK, this is it, make or break.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15So I'll go for Woody Woodpecker.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Woody Woodpecker, says Ben.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19No red line for you because you are the high-scorers.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Let's see how far down the column we get with Woody Woodpecker.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25It's right.
0:13:29 > 0:13:3226 for Woody Woodpecker.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Very well done, the lowest score of the round so far.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37107 is your total.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38You may have done enough to keep yourselves in.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Yes, a very good answer, well played.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42There he is in the bottom right.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Stanley Kubrick's favourite cartoon character.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Interesting.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Now, Dick. Dick, welcome back.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I asked Dom earlier about his magic and he said he still does it.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Do you do solo projects as well or are you exclusively working together?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Pretty much exclusive these days.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- 20 years now we've been together. - No!- Yeah.- Yes.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I know this is a question, but I ask this as somebody who has also been
0:14:03 > 0:14:06in a double act, do you get on very well all the time?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Luckily, yes. It's like having a second wife, obviously.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10- Yeah.- If I go into a relationship,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12they have to realise there is another person there,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14there is a third person.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Where is this going? - Hold on a minute!
0:14:16 > 0:14:18LAUGHTER
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Where is this going?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21At work.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- I see. - Edit all of that out, ditch it.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29But do you have a fixed way of working together?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Is one the writer and the other one the pacer?
0:14:31 > 0:14:35One thing that we do do that not many people realise, until it gets
0:14:35 > 0:14:37explained, is that we always stand the same way around.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- There's exceptions during this show.- All double acts do that.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Even back in the day, Morecambe and Wise stood the same way around.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Ant and Dec stand the same around. - Laurel and Hardy.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48So that you can read it when you're watching at home, Dick, Dom. You know who's who.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- There we are.- A trade secret.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54A trade secret. Now you'll be thrown out of the comedian's circle as well, I can't believe it.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Dick, you are on 37, the high-scorers are behind you.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Ben and Cerrie on 107. 69 or less keeps you in the game.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06OK. I think I'm going to go for the character on there that is a skins
0:15:06 > 0:15:10character. A skinned character and that is Big Bird.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Big Bird. Big Bird.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Here is your red line.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17If you can get below that with Big Bird, you are into Round Two.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18How many people said Big Bird?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22It's right.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23You are through.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Oh, just, 65.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26You needed 69 and you got 65.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29That is what I call economy.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31102 is your total, well done.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Very well played. Yeah, Big Bird is eight foot two tall.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I call him Normal Sized Bird!
0:15:35 > 0:15:37ALEXANDER CHUCKLES
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Richard, welcome.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Jonny Briggs, how old were you when you did Jonny Briggs?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47I started it when I was ten years old.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49So, for two years I did it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51You were presumably out of school for quite a long time?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Yeah, and I think it shows now.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55No, it doesn't.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58You had a tutor on set and all that sort of thing?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Yeah, I did, yes, so in term time
0:16:01 > 0:16:02I would have to do a few hours.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05That must have been like a dream, that must have been such good fun.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Where did you film it?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09We filmed it down here so I had to live away from Leeds
0:16:09 > 0:16:10whilst I was filming it.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Yeah, interesting. What do you do now, Richard?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16I'm actually working in the city now.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I work in banking.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19How many people come and go...
0:16:21 > 0:16:23"Jonny Briggs. Oh, it's the ears."
0:16:23 > 0:16:26It's mainly about the ears they come up to me, yeah,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- not always about Jonny Briggs. - The cuteness.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I think because of they way they do the research these days,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35a lot of the time, my manager will have googled me
0:16:35 > 0:16:38before I start so sometimes I get a few nasty surprises
0:16:38 > 0:16:40on my first day at work but, yeah.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Now, Richard, you are on 55.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45The high-scorers are still Ben and Cerrie on 107,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47so 51 or less is all you need.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49OK.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53I guess I'm going to go for Porky Pig.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Porky Pig, says Richard.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Here's your red line. Get below that with Porky Pig and you're into
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Round Two. How many people said it, Porky Pig?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04It's right.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08And you've done it. Oh, just, 49.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Just enough. Beautiful grouping on the final scores there.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14104, 102, 107.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Lovely.- It's getting very tense now, isn't it?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Yes, a very good answer there. Very well played.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22He also appears in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Porky Pig.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Thank you very much.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Now then, Sarah.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Sarah, welcome to Pointless again.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- Thank you. - Lovely to be back.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I read somewhere that Richard Briers was the person who told you
0:17:34 > 0:17:37you should go and talk to Biddy Baxter about Blue Peter. Is that true?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40No, I'd already talked to Biddy, or she'd already talked to me.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I was working in drama.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48I'd just done one of those Sunday evening classic drama serials,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52costume drama, and they said,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54"Well, would you come and audition for us?"
0:17:54 > 0:17:55I thought...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59It would be worth it. In fact, the people I was sharing a flat with,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03about seven different people, all said, "Bring us back a badge."
0:18:03 > 0:18:05That's all they wanted.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07My mum, who was an actress,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11was working with Richard Briers at the time and he, typical actor,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13darling, if it's regular work, you've got to take it.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17I thought, well, you know, that's not such a bad mantra.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21So that's what I did and a different adventure started.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Do you watch, having gone down that track, do you watch,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29to keep the analogy going, the trains going down the other track
0:18:29 > 0:18:31and think, I wish I'd gone that way?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Sometimes but, actually, mainly not because everything
0:18:35 > 0:18:40the trajectory that happened then, meeting people like John
0:18:40 > 0:18:44and being here now and meeting Mike and everything,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46that all happened because of the job that I did.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Yeah, absolutely.- It's still acting as well, isn't it?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Yes. It's probably acting the hardest role you've ever done,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- because you're trying to be yourself.- Well, exactly. We're acting all time.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56This is not what we're like at all.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59God, can you imagine if we were really like this?
0:18:59 > 0:19:04We work so hard to keep our real selves off screen!
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Sarah, what would you like to go for? That board is all yours.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Do you want to walk us through it?
0:19:09 > 0:19:10Oh, dear. All right.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12This is really the short straw, isn't it?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14So, let's try...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Road Runner.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18OK, 41 is your target.
0:19:18 > 0:19:2041 or less keeps you in the game.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Let's see what 41 looks like, here is your red line.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27There it is. If you can get below that with Road Runner, you are through to Round Two.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Oh!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Oh, Sarah. - I thought it was Road Runner.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Oh, Sarah, I'm so sorry.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Yeah, I'm sorry, too. - That's scores you 100 points.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39This is the third time my partner has got 100.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Yeah.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Don't worry.- No, no, I'm sorry.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44That takes your total up to 165.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I know, I don't think we're going to get past that.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48When it keeps happening, you've got to think maybe it's you, John.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Maybe you're just a jinx.- This is his third time this has happened.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Oh, Lord, I think you're mixing up Woody Woodpecker with Road Runner.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58You will not be the only person that did that.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00There are similarities between the two of them.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02No, you're saying that to try and make me feel better and it's not
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- working.- I'm absolutely not!
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Now, let's took a look through the ones we have not had.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13At the top, some big, big scorers here, as you'd expect.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Next to Betty Boop is Bugs Bunny for 89.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17The top right.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- Peter Pan.- Peter Pan, 92.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Good.- The second row there, next to Porky Pig.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Basil Brush.- Basil Brush.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Do you remember we had Basil Brush on the programme?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I remember that very well.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The two of you got on like a house on fire, didn't you?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- By which I mean we had to call the authorities!- Yeah.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35LAUGHTER
0:20:35 > 0:20:3783 points for Basil Brush.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39One of the best answers on the board next to Basil Brush.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Principal Skinner but then I'm thinking, PS.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- It's Seymour Skinner.- Seymour Skinner is the right answer there.
0:20:44 > 0:20:4620 points for that.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48The next row. Spongebob.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51The brilliant Spongebob Squarepants would have scored you 55.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Next to Fred Flintstone.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- The Pink Panther.- The Pink Panther, that's other big scorer, 79.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- Bottom row, bottom left. - That's Patrick Clifton, our friend.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02That is Patrick Clifton, known as Postman Pat.
0:21:02 > 0:21:0374 points. Next to him.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Minnie Mouse.- Minnie Mouse, 66.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07And from American Dad.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Stan Smith.- Stan Smith, best answer on the board,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12that would have scored you eight, so very well done if you said that.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18So, we are at the end of our first round and I'm so sorry,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20it pains me to say goodbye to you, Sarah and John.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- It pains me to say goodbye to you. - Such a treat having you here.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- And it pains me for John. - I'm a bad luck charm, me.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Can I send in somebody else to be with John because he shouldn't be
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- knocked out?- No, just both come back next time and give an answer
0:21:34 > 0:21:38that's on the board, Sarah. That, I think, would be the optimum.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Shall I tell you what was going to say?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- I know this is all going to... - Is it rude?- No, no, no.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45It's Secret Squirrel.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48See, nobody... Do you remember Secret Squirrel, anybody?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Shush, Secret Squirrel.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51- Never mind.- And Morocco Mole.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53So I've got them coming out of my ears
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- but not the right ones, sorry. - Not the right ones.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57All alliterative and wonderful but, anyway,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01come back next time and maybe Secret Squirrel and thingy Mole will be on.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Don't give me that! You remember.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Thank you so much, Sarah and John.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- Thank you. Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:22:09 > 0:22:12But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Look at that, as if by magic, we're suddenly down to three pairs.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23I don't like to say this but, at the end of this round,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26it'll be down to two, so we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30I really don't know which pair it's going to be cos that was so close.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Your scores, only five points between them.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33That's impressive grouping.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37it's going to be close again, I'm sure.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Our category for Round Two this evening
0:22:39 > 0:22:41is singles. Singles.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46who's going to go second and whoever's going first,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48please step up to the podium.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54OK, and the question concerns...
0:22:56 > 0:22:57..Christmas number twos. Richard?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Yeah, we all remember Christmas number ones
0:22:59 > 0:23:01but we're going to give you the names now of six songs
0:23:01 > 0:23:03that were number two on Christmas Day.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06We need you to tell us the artist that had a number two hit with these
0:23:06 > 0:23:08songs, please. Six on the first board, six on the second,
0:23:08 > 0:23:1112 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13OK, so who are the artists who had hits
0:23:13 > 0:23:15with these Christmas number twos? And here they are.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Let's have all of those again.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42There we are, Sue.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Em, right, I've got to pick.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I'm not very good at this, really.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53I'll have to go, and it's probably really high, Petula Clark, Downtown.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Petula Clark, says Sue, Downtown.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Petula Clark.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01It's right.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Not bad, 44. Not bad at all, Sue.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Kept off the number one spot by I Feel Fine by the Beatles.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16It's now used as the theme tune to Downtown Abbey!
0:24:16 > 0:24:17LAUGHTER
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Thanks very much indeed. Now, Dick.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Dick, what would you like to go for on that board?
0:24:27 > 0:24:31They were a good band and I think this might have been their only hit, one-off.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32No, they might have had two,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35but I know this anyway, so I'm going to go for the second one down,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38which is The Darkness. The Darkness, says Dick.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Let's see how many of our 100 people went for The Darkness.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45It's absolutely right.
0:24:45 > 0:24:4844 is our only score on the board at this stage and you pass it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Substantially. Down to 14, very well done indeed, Dick.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Good boy.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59That was kept off number one by Mad World.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00They had quite a few hits, The Darkness.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02In 2007, Justin Hawkins, their singer,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05tried to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- and was beaten by Scooch. - That's right.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09- Oh!- Thank you, Richard.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Now then, Ben, what would you like? this is your board,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15if you want to go through it all, Ben, and fill in all the answers,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18you'd be most welcome, and then select the one you want to submit,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20that would be great.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23OK, I'll go for...
0:25:23 > 0:25:25what I think is correct.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30It may very well not be but 1992, Heal The World, Michael Jackson.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Michael Jackson, says Ben, for Heal The World.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Michael Jackson.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41It is Michael Jackson. 44 is the high score and we pass it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:4214 is the low.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46You don't quite get there but 22 is very respectable indeed.
0:25:46 > 0:25:4722 for Michael Jackson.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Very well played. Kept off number one by I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Very similar to We Are The World, which Michael Jackson also wrote.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58But it's his song, he's allowed to do that, isn't he?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Auto-plagiarise. Yeah, absolutely.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Fairytale Of New York, famously Christmas number two.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Always on my Mind kept it off the number one spot and it was by?
0:26:06 > 0:26:07The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, that would've scored you 59.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Jeepster is T Rex.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- T Rex, yeah. - That would have scored you 24.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17The best answer on the board, What Makes A Man.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20It's by Westlife. It would have scored you one point.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Kept off number one by Can We Fix It? by Bob The Builder.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24LAUGHTER
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I suppose, yes, he could. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30So, we're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:26:30 > 0:26:3314, Dick and Dom, very well done indeed.
0:26:33 > 0:26:3522 is where we find Ben and Cerrie.
0:26:35 > 0:26:3744 is where we find Sue and Richard, so, Richard,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40a nice low score from you might keep you in the game, so best of luck with that.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42We're going to come back down the line now.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51OK, we're going to put six more songs up on the board and here they come.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Christmas number twos, all of them.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I shall read those again.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17- Cerrie.- Hi.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- You're on 22.- I know.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22The high-scorers are on 44, which means 21 or less.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I only know one song on there
0:27:24 > 0:27:26and I think everyone is going to know it
0:27:26 > 0:27:28but I'm going to have to go for
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Mariah Carey, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Mariah Carey. OK, here is your red line.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36If you can get below that with Mariah Carey,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39you are definitely through but let's see how far down the column you get
0:27:39 > 0:27:40with Mariah Carey.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Better than I thought.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Oh.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- 39, not bad.- OK, not too bad.
0:27:51 > 0:27:5461 is your total, you might well have done enough there.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Yeah, I think it's a pretty good score.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59It was number two to Stay Another Day by East 17.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01There we are, thank you, Richard.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03OK, Dom. Dom, you are on 14,
0:28:03 > 0:28:04the high-scorers at the moment,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Cerrie and Ben behind you on 61 so 46 is your target.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12OK, so, it's a toss-up between Last Christmas and I Have A Dream.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17I'm going to go for I Have A Dream by ABBA.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20ABBA, says Dom. Now then, here is your red line.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24If you can possibly get below that with ABBA, you are into Round Three.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said ABBA.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36You've done it. Look at that, very well done indeed, 34.
0:28:36 > 0:28:3834, taking your total up to 48.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Safely through. That was kept off number one by Pink Floyd,
0:28:43 > 0:28:44Another Brick In The Wall.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47We know what all of our 100 people say whenever
0:28:47 > 0:28:50we ask a question, so that we know that ABBA scored 34.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Do you know what one of our 100 gave as the answer to that?
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- Martin Luther King. - Martin Luther King is exactly right.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57LAUGHTER
0:28:57 > 0:29:01If he had released it as a single, I'm sure we would have remembered.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Yeah, 1979, I think we would.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Now, Richard.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11We have a target for you, which is 16.
0:29:11 > 0:29:1316 or less.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Would you like to talk us through the board and fill in the blanks?
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Well, I think Wham! was Last Christmas,
0:29:19 > 0:29:21I've no idea who did Morningtown Ride,
0:29:21 > 0:29:23or Sacred Trust, if I'm honest.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27I think Build Me Up Buttercup is The Foundations.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Not 100% sure but let's go for that.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34You say The Foundations and just after you said it, almost inaudible,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38except to Richard and me and some dogs, was the little buzz from the audience there.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Just a little...
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I don't know what that means.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- It's mean it's wrong, doesn't it? - Or it means they like it, Richard.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Anyway, there is your red line.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50You have to get below that with The Foundations.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Foundations.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56It is The Foundations.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Our audience liked it!
0:30:01 > 0:30:02Oh, look!
0:30:04 > 0:30:05Seven!
0:30:05 > 0:30:09The Foundations takes your total to 51.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10Look at this grouping again.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Just three points between you.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14That's great work, Richard, very well played.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Great song as well, Build Me Up Buttercups by The Foundations.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20If you don't know it, do look it up. It's an absolute cracker.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Seven points for that. Now, everyone avoided Last Christmas,
0:30:22 > 0:30:26which was Wham! - a big scorer. It would have scored 58.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Morningtown Ride is The Seekers
0:30:29 > 0:30:31and that would have scored you 19 points.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Now, Sacred Trust is an interesting one.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Girls Aloud, they were Christmas number one in that year
0:30:36 > 0:30:39and they were formed on a show called Pop Stars: The Rivals,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41where there was a rival boyband and a girl band.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43They had the Christmas number one
0:30:43 > 0:30:45and the rival boyband had the Christmas number two.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Very well done if you said this.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49This is show business for you all over, isn't it?
0:30:49 > 0:30:53It's One True Voice was the answer, a pointless answer,
0:30:53 > 0:30:54so very well done if you said that.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Thank you very much indeed, Richard, so at the end of our second round,
0:30:57 > 0:31:00the pair who are heading home with a score of 61,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02nothing wrong with that score, lovely low score,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05just everyone else got slightly lower, I'm afraid.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I'm so sorry. Cerrie and Ben, it's been a real joy having you here,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10thank you so much for playing. Come and play again.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11APPLAUSE
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Thank you for having us.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15But for Dick and Dom, Sue and Richard,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Well, congratulations, Dick and Dom, Sue and Richard,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:31:26 > 0:31:29for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,500.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30APPLAUSE
0:31:33 > 0:31:35And so we have the pleasing task
0:31:35 > 0:31:37of deciding who goes through to the final
0:31:37 > 0:31:38to play for that jackpot
0:31:38 > 0:31:40and we do that by making you go head-to-head
0:31:40 > 0:31:42but the difference is you are now allowed to confer
0:31:42 > 0:31:44before you give your answers.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46You can chat before saying what you think the answer should be.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It takes a bit of the pressure off, I think.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50The first pair in this round to win two questions
0:31:50 > 0:31:52will be playing for that jackpot.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Very, very best of luck and this is very exciting.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Dick and Dom versus Jonny Briggs.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59As if that weren't exciting enough, we must remember
0:31:59 > 0:32:02that the second question in this head-to-head round
0:32:02 > 0:32:05is Richard's favourite ever Pointless category.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07So much to look forward to.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10And also the fact that we are currently 50% Richard,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12which I think might be a record on Pointless.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14I think that's quite nice.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17There we go. Well, best of luck to everyone - Richards, as well.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Let's play the head-to-head.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Here's your first question, and it concerns...
0:32:30 > 0:32:32What about that? Children's TV,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- Richard.- Yeah, I'd like to show you five clues now to facts about
0:32:35 > 0:32:39children's television. We just need the most obscure answer, please.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42OK, but rather than me going through those clues,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44we've got someone far more exciting than that,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46we've got Sooty and Richard Cadell.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- APPLAUSE - Ah, brilliant!
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Sooty, welcome.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58So nice to be here.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00It's lovely to see you. Who's that?
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I don't know. It's Alexander Armstrong, Sooty.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04He wants to shake your hand, Alexander.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06OK, yes, of course you can.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Oh, that's nice. I thought he was going to do something unpleasant.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11He's saving that for later, I think.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13OK. Fair enough. OK.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15OK, so, Sooty, are you ready to read out the questions?
0:33:15 > 0:33:18He's got them all ready, he's going to whisper them out, OK?
0:33:18 > 0:33:19- Good.- OK. So, ready?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22So, first of all... What is the name of the green Teletubby?
0:33:22 > 0:33:27The name or the member of the Royal family that Sooty squirted
0:33:27 > 0:33:30with a water pistol in 1955.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34The feline who wears the purple waistcoat
0:33:34 > 0:33:38and hat whose best friends call him TC.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42The name of the island that Thomas the Tank Engine lives on.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46And then Dick Dastardly's canine sidekick in Wacky Races.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50There we are. Thank you very much.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54What's that? You want to whisper to Alexander.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Oh, no, no. No, no.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Oh, Sooty, no, Sooty, don't be a naughty boy.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Sooty, stop it! Sooty, stop it!
0:34:01 > 0:34:03APPLAUSE
0:34:03 > 0:34:05He's very naughty.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- Sorry about that.- That's fine. Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- Sooty and Richard Cadell. - Thank you, everybody.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12APPLAUSE
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I'll tell you what, though,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21that went better than when you met Basil Brush.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Ha! Indeed. There we are, well, wasn't that fun?
0:34:25 > 0:34:28I'm going to read those questions for you again.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31What I will actually do is read them myself rather than whisper them to Richard.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53There we go. Dick and Dom, you're our low scorers so you'll go first.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55I reckon that we should go for...
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- I think go for that one.- What? The Thomas the Tank Engine one?- Yeah.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02The Teletubby, you see, though, not many people will remember.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06It was massive back in the late '90s, wasn't it?
0:35:06 > 0:35:07So was Thomas the Tank Engine!
0:35:07 > 0:35:09It went away and it's come back again.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11The thing is, Teletubbies had the theme tune attached to it
0:35:11 > 0:35:13with the name of that Teletubby.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Very good point. - People might remember that.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18How often in Thomas the Tank Engine do they mention the island?
0:35:18 > 0:35:19- The opening of every single show. - Ah!
0:35:19 > 0:35:22LAUGHTER
0:35:22 > 0:35:24We are going to go for...
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Shall we toss a coin?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- Dipsy. - OK, you're going to go for Dipsy.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32OK. Sue and Richard, talk us through the board.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34You can now do all your talking out loud.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Well, we think the third one would be Top Cat.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40- We don't know Thomas the Tank Engine, where he lived.- No.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45OK, yeah, we will go from Muttley, Dick Dastardly's sidekick.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Muttley. OK, so we have Dipsy and we have Muttley.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Dick and Dom went for Dipsy for the green Teletubby.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Let's see how many people said that.
0:36:00 > 0:36:0322 for Dipsy.
0:36:04 > 0:36:0522 for Dipsy.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Now, Sue and Richard have gone for Muttley for Dastardly's sidekick.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Let's see how many people said Muttley.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16It's right.
0:36:16 > 0:36:1869 for Muttley.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Very well done indeed, Dick and Dom, after one question, you're up 1-0.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Well played. I know you were debating whether to go for that or go for Island of Sodor.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Let's see who won the battle of Dick and Dom.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31The Island of Sodor, if you said it, would have scored...
0:36:31 > 0:36:3425 points.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35So you were right with Dipsy.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39The feline in the purple waistcoat, you're quite right, it is Top Cat.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41It's a huge score, 91 points for that.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- Who's the member of the Royal family you should probably not shoot with a water pistol?- Prince Philip.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Prince Philip is the right answer.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Four points for that.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I bet he took it about as well as you.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58One of the slightly odder moments of my life.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59You've had some odd ones, as well.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02I've had some odd ones. But lovely.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Now, Sue and Richard,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10you have to win this next point but you get to go first,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12so you have a slight advantage here, so best of luck.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Our second question concerns...
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Least intelligent dogs.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Yeah, in Stanley Coren's book The Intelligence Of Dogs,
0:37:23 > 0:37:25he ranks dogs in order of their intelligence
0:37:25 > 0:37:29and we've picked five breeds of dogs from the bottom ten of his list,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32and we're going to show you pictures of them now plus their initials.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Can you name the breeds?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36OK, let's reveal our five dogs and here they come.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39- Oh-ho!- OK...
0:38:03 > 0:38:07OK, now, Sue and Richard, you will go first.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12So, we know a couple.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14We don't know whether it's clever or not,
0:38:14 > 0:38:18- but we're going to go for Afghan hound.- Afghan hound for C.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Afghan hound, say Sue and Richard.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Dick and Dom, talk us through the dogs.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25We know that A is...
0:38:25 > 0:38:27I'm pretty sure it's the same words twice.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29Chuck-chuck?
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Chop-chop?
0:38:30 > 0:38:36- Chow Chow. Chow Chow.- Yeah. Chow Chow.- Could be a Chow Chow.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Shall we go mastiff?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Masteef. M-A-S-T-I-F-E.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Aren't mastiffs called bull mastiffs?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45It might be a different breed.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47I don't know.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Let's do it. Mastiff, E. - Do you think so?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51E, mastiff, say Dick and Dom.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Afghan hound versus mastiff.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Oh, no.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Sue and Richard have gone for Afghan hound for C.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of 100 people said Afghan hound.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04It is an Afghan hound.
0:39:06 > 0:39:0866. Still good.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Now, Dick and Dom have taken a bit of a gamble here
0:39:13 > 0:39:17and gone for mastiff, for E, because it fits the letters.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19That's right. Can't bear it!
0:39:19 > 0:39:21That's it. Maybe it doesn't have an E on the end.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Let's find out, is it a mastiff?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Masteef?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- It is a mastiff!- Yes!
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- And it wins you the point!- Yes!
0:39:32 > 0:39:3345, very well done indeed and...
0:39:33 > 0:39:35APPLAUSE
0:39:35 > 0:39:38..moreover, Dick and Dom...
0:39:38 > 0:39:39it means, after two questions,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42you are straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Very well done for taking the risk.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Exactly the right thing to do. Do you know what?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47If you'd taken an even weirder risk,
0:39:47 > 0:39:49you'd have been right with Chow Chow, as well.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- No way!- It's the right answer.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52Would have scored you 29 points.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54So cute.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56B is a bulldog.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57No point going for it
0:39:57 > 0:40:00because it would have scored a lot more than Afghan hound. 84.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04D is the best answer on the board, that is a basenji.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Basenji.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Very well done if you said that.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Five points. The basenji looks very intelligent.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- Doesn't it?- At the moment, it looks like it's looking...
0:40:12 > 0:40:16It looks like it's in a gallery looking at a Picasso retrospective.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Ah!
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Thank you much indeed, Richard.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:40:22 > 0:40:24I'm so sorry, Sue and Richard, it is you.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26It's been a real pleasure having you here.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- You've been absolutely fantastic. - Thanks for having us.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30Please come back and play again.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Wonderful to have you here, Sue and Richard.- Thank you.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38But for Dick and Dom, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Congratulations, Dick and Dom.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46You have seen off all the competition
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- This really is Pointless.- Yeah.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Well, listen, you now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03At the end of today's show, the jackpot is currently standing at
0:41:03 > 0:41:04£2,500. There we are.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09That is money you could be taking home for your charities.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Now, as always, you get to choose your category
0:41:11 > 0:41:13from the four that we put up on the board.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14We just have to hope there's something
0:41:14 > 0:41:16you quite like the look of up there.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Let's see what today's selection looks like. We have got...
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Go for it. It's good. - The Land of Oz
0:41:28 > 0:41:30is a good one, though, isn't it?
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Yet, but that could be...
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- It could be what?- Wizard Of Oz, could be Wicked.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- Could be Australia, though. - Oh, could be Australia!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- Strictly Come Dancing. - Strictly Come Dancing it is.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43OK, very best of luck.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46If you know your Strictly, there's some nice answers up here.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48We are looking for any Strictly contestant
0:41:48 > 0:41:51since the first series all the way through to the 2015 series,
0:41:51 > 0:41:53the regular series, please,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56any of the celebrities whose first name begin with an S.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Any of the celebrities whose first names begin with a C.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Or any of the celebrities whose first name begins with a D.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03S, C, D, rather nicely.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Any of the celebs on the regular series
0:42:06 > 0:42:09of Strictly Come Dancing whose first names begin S, C or D.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- Very best of luck. - Thank you much indeed.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13As always, you've got up to one minute
0:42:13 > 0:42:16to come up with three answers. All you need to win that jackpot for your charities
0:42:16 > 0:42:18is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- No.- No.- Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24There they are, your time starts now.
0:42:24 > 0:42:25D... Darren Gough.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- He won.- We can put them all in D, but let's try C.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31OK. So, let's go for C.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Did, erm, oh...
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Oh! Now my brain has just gone blank.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39This is terrible. Sheridan Smith hasn't done it, has she?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41No. No. She has not.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Come on. OK, let's just go through them logically.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Oh, my goodness. My brain...
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Sarah, Sally, Claire, I'm just going to give you names.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Sally Gunnell? Sally Gunnell?
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Sally Gunnell. Catherine...
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Catherine Tate. Er... Er...
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Chris... Chris...- Charlie? - Chris. He won it.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Chris, the news reader.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Yes! Chris...
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Come on! You know.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04- Chris!- I know!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Who does the sport? He won it!
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- Akabusi.- No, he didn't do it.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Cheryl.- Cheryl what?
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- Cheryl Cole hasn't done it. - Ten seconds left.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Don't say ten seconds left.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Do we have another one for S? Another S or another D?
0:43:18 > 0:43:19- Charlie...- This is bizarre.
0:43:19 > 0:43:20Charlie Hickson.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22- No...- Charlie...
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Oh, my, this is the weirdest thing that's ever happened.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26OK, that is your minute up.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28I now need your three answers.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30OK, one of them is Darren Gough.
0:43:30 > 0:43:31- Darren Gough.- Sally Gunnell.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34- Sally Gunnell.- And a C...
0:43:34 > 0:43:37- Caroline...- Charlotte... Oh! Oh! Caroline Flack.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39- Caroline Flack?- Yes! Caroline Flack.- Caroline Flack.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44The most pointless one, I think, will be Sally Gunnell.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Sally Gunnell goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:43:47 > 0:43:48Even though she was quite decent.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Darren Gough won, Caroline Flack won, Sally Gunnell didn't.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53- Shall we put Darren Gough in the first position?- Yes.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- And Sally Gunnell at the last? - Thanks for helping us.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- Caroline Flack in the middle. - Yes.- Good idea.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:44:00 > 0:44:03and here we go. We've got...
0:44:03 > 0:44:07Darren Gough, Caroline Flack, Sally Gunnell. Three good answers there.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Who knows if any of them are going to be pointless?
0:44:09 > 0:44:12If one of them were to be, it would win you a jackpot of £2,500
0:44:12 > 0:44:15for your charities. What charities are you playing for? Dick, you first.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19I'm playing for the Alzheimer's Society in memory of my dear mum.
0:44:19 > 0:44:24And I'm playing for Myeloma UK in memory of my wonderful father-in-law.
0:44:24 > 0:44:25APPLAUSE
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Two excellent charities there.
0:44:30 > 0:44:31Let us hope one of these answers
0:44:31 > 0:44:33wins that jackpot for your two charities.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Darren Gough was your first answer,
0:44:35 > 0:44:37the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39Only one of these has to be pointless
0:44:39 > 0:44:40for you to win the jackpot - so for £2,500,
0:44:40 > 0:44:43let's see how many people named Darren Gough
0:44:43 > 0:44:44as a Strictly contestant.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Well, it's right.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Let's see how far down the column we go with Darren Gough.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56If this takes it down to zero, of course, you leave with £2,500.
0:44:56 > 0:44:57Down it goes, into single figures.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00- No, no, no!- Oh! Seven. APPLAUSE
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Seven. For Darren Gough.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08That is a great score.
0:45:08 > 0:45:09Two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13Caroline Flack won't do it because I think it was quite recent
0:45:13 > 0:45:14and she was a very popular winner.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17With that... Yes.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19With that dance she did.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21- Charleston.- It was the Charleston.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24- Very good.- We know everything now.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25Caroline Flack, let's find out.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30For £2,500, let's see how many people said Caroline Flack.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38Well, it's right. Darren Gough took us all the way down to seven.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Caroline Flack now takes us down through the 20s.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Into the teens. Into single figures.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45Down it goes, passes seven, still going down.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- To Two! - Oh!- Oh! What?
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- APPLAUSE - Can't believe it.- What about that?
0:45:55 > 0:45:58We have gone from seven to two.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01I like the way this is going.
0:46:01 > 0:46:02Sally Gunnell was your final answer.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05The one you thought was the best shot at a pointless answer.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Now, if there's any justice,
0:46:07 > 0:46:09this will come all the way down to zero
0:46:09 > 0:46:12and you'll leave with £2,500 for your charities.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Let's find out how many people said Sally Gunnell.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15Is she a pointless answer
0:46:15 > 0:46:18in this category of Strictly Come Dancing contestants?
0:46:21 > 0:46:23No!
0:46:23 > 0:46:25Oh, no! She never did it?
0:46:25 > 0:46:27APPLAUSE
0:46:30 > 0:46:33Oh, I'm sorry.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35- So close.- I'm so sorry, you didn't manage to find
0:46:35 > 0:46:37that all-important pointless answer,
0:46:37 > 0:46:40so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42However, as it is a celebrity special,
0:46:42 > 0:46:46and each of our celebrity pairs is playing for a charity,
0:46:46 > 0:46:48we're going to detonate £500 to each celebrity pair
0:46:48 > 0:46:51- to give to their charities. - Good.- Thank you very much.
0:46:51 > 0:46:52APPLAUSE
0:46:52 > 0:46:56Thank you very much for being such brilliant contestants.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Wonderful, strong performers the whole way through.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00It's been a real joy having you on
0:47:00 > 0:47:02- and you get to take home a Pointless trophy each.- Hooray!
0:47:03 > 0:47:05- Well done.- Well done.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09It's so interesting, isn't it?
0:47:09 > 0:47:11You obviously watch the show
0:47:11 > 0:47:12and, you know, year after year after year,
0:47:12 > 0:47:15on all of these pointless answers you're going to recognise names,
0:47:15 > 0:47:17and go "Of course, of course, of course."
0:47:17 > 0:47:18I apologise in advance.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Let's take a look, we'll start with S.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Yeah.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24You could have had...
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Sophie Ellis Baxter a pointless answer.
0:47:27 > 0:47:28Sunetra Sarkar.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30You also could have had Siobhan Hayes.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Those are the answers for S.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34- Let's take a look at the answers for C.- Simon Webb wasn't one of them?
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Simon Webb scored one point.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38- OK.- Claire Sweeney!
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Chelsee Healey, a pointless answer.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Parker, Claire Sweeney,
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Claire King, Colin Salmon, Craig Kelly -
0:47:46 > 0:47:47all of those were pointless answers.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49It was Chris Hollins was the guy you were thinking of
0:47:49 > 0:47:51and Chris Hollins would have scored you four points.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54- OK.- Oh, OK.- Now for D.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57Big names here as well. Dave Myers, one of the Hairy Bikers.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Deborah Meaden, a pointless answer.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Diarmuid Gavin. Dom Littlewood.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03You also could have had Dan Lobb and Don Warrington.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Very well done if you got one of those at home,
0:48:05 > 0:48:07and I know that you know lots of those answers.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10So tricky in that 60 seconds, but you played brilliantly throughout.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13- Thank you.- Listen, Dick and Dom, it's been fabulous having you on the show.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16- Thank you so much for playing. Dick and Dom!- Thank you!
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0:48:19 > 0:48:23Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:48:23 > 0:48:24Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:48:24 > 0:48:28- Goodbye.- ..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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